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Slang lexicographer extraordinaire Jonathon Green joins John and Andy in this episode originally recorded in 2016 to discuss Absolute Beginners, the classic novel of London teenage life set around Soho and Notting Hill.
*Tickets are now on sale for our LIVE show in London on Wednesday Sep 25th where we will be discussing The Parable of The Sower by Octavia Butler, with guests Salena Golden and Una McCormack
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For this episode we are joined by the writer, Noreen Masud, author of the acclaimed memoir,Β A Flat PlaceΒ (currently shortlisted for the Womenβs Prize for Non-Fiction). The book she has chosen to discuss isΒ A Marsh Island,Β a 19thΒ century American novel by Sarah Orne Jowett, who is usually considered one of the foremost proponents of American regionalism β an assumption this episode investigates. The book was first serialised in theΒ Atlantic MonthlyΒ magazine in 1885 and published by Houghton Mifflin later that year. The story centres on Dick Dale, a wealthy young urban bohemian artist who finds himself billeted with a traditional farming family in the middle of New Englandβs Great Salt Marsh. His impact on the small community over the course of a harvest provides what plot there is β but the novel is rich in atmosphere and interior reflection,Β exploring the complex tensions between rural and urban ways of life in late 19thΒ century East Coast America. It was written at a moment in Jewettβs own life when she had just begun an unconventional relationship with another woman and the episode also explores how that plays out in the subversive presentation of the relationships in the novel.
*Tickets are now on sale for our LIVE show in London on Wednesday May 14th where we will be discussing The Good Soldier by Ford Maddox Ford, with guest Alex Michaelides.
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Silence by ShΕ«saku EndΕ
Monday, October 12, 2020 β’ Duration 01:06:44
Silence (1966) is ShΕ«saku EndΕβs masterpiece, a novel set in 17th Japan, following two Portuguese Jesuits posted there to search for their former teacher, who is feared to have abandoned his faith. Joining John and Andy to discuss this intense and powerful exploration of religious belief and its limits is the novelist Sarah Perry, author of The Essex Serpent, Melmoth and, most recently, Essex Girls. Also in this episode John enjoys The Appointment, a mordantly funny debut novel by literary agent, Katharina Volckmer and Andy wallows in the profound comedic achievement that is From the Oasthouse: The Alan Partridge Podcast.Timings: (may differ due to variable advert length)9'30 - The Appointment by Katharina Volckmer16'06 - Alan Partridge Podcast 21'18 Silence by ShΕ«saku EndΕ* To purchase any of the books mentioned in this episode please visit our bookshop atΒ uk.bookshop.org/shop/backlistedΒ where all profits help to sustain this podcast and UK independent bookshops.* For information about everything mentioned in this episode visitΒ www.backlisted.fm*If you'd like to support the show, listen without adverts, receive the show early and with extra bonus fortnightly episodes, become a Patreon atΒ www.patreon.com/backlisted Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The Odd Women By George Gissing
Monday, September 28, 2020 β’ Duration 01:13:29
George Gissing's The Odd Women (1893) is the groundbreaking book featured in this episode of Backlisted. Joining John and Andy to discuss this fascinating, proto-feminist novel - and the incident-packed life of its prolific author - are novelist and biographer Janet Todd and the professor of Victorian literature at the University of Durham, Simon James. Also in this episode Andy has been reading The Shapeless Unease: A Year of Not Sleeping by Samantha Harvey; and John enjoys A Musical Offering, a suite of stories about music by the Argentine writer Luis Sagasti.Timings: (may differ due to variable advert length)8'31 - The Shapeless Unease by Samantha Harvey15'48 A musical Offering by Luis Sagasti21'48 - The Odd Women By George Gissing* To purchase any of the books mentioned in this episode please visit our bookshop atΒ uk.bookshop.org/shop/backlistedΒ where all profits help to sustain this podcast and UK independent bookshops.* For information about everything mentioned in this episode visitΒ www.backlisted.fm*If you'd like to support the show, listen without adverts, receive the show early and with extra bonus fortnightly episodes, become a Patreon atΒ www.patreon.com/backlisted Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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I, Lalla: The Poems of Lal DΔd, translated by Ranjit Hoskote, is the subject of this episode of Backlisted. Joining John and Andy to discuss this modern rendering of the poetry (or 'vakhs') of the 14th-century Kashmiri saint and mystic poet Lal DΔd (Mother Lalla), also known as Lalla or Lalleshwari, is the writer, dancer and poet Tishani Doshi. In addition John has been reading Hurricane Season, the acclaimed novel by the Mexican author Fernanda Melchor, while Andy discusses Summer by Ali Smith, the final instalment of her seasonal quartet.Timings: (may differ due to variable advert length)5'40 - Restaging the Past by UCL Press7'12 - Summer by Ali Smith14'00 - Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor20'28 - I, Lalla: The Poems of Lal DΔd by Lalleshwari* To purchase any of the books mentioned in this episode please visit our bookshop atΒ uk.bookshop.org/shop/backlistedΒ where all profits help to sustain this podcast and UK independent bookshops.* For information about everything mentioned in this episode visitΒ www.backlisted.fm*If you'd like to support the show, listen without adverts, receive the show early and with extra bonus fortnightly episodes, become a Patreon atΒ www.patreon.com/backlisted Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Summer Reading 2020
Monday, August 17, 2020 β’ Duration 01:00:37
It's a summer reading episode of Backlisted. We are showcasing books John, Andy and the show's producer Nicky have been reading during lockdown. These include A Helping Hand by Celia Dale; A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid; A Boy in the Water by Tom Gregory; The Anthill by Julianne Pachico; That Reminds Me by Derek Owusu; The Ice Palace by Tarjei Vesaas; and English Climate: Wartime Stories by Sylvia Townsend Warner. This episode features both newly recorded material and also excerpts from Locklisted, the bonus podcast available exclusively to our Patreon supporters.* To purchase any of the books mentioned in this episode please visit our bookshop atΒ uk.bookshop.org/shop/backlistedΒ where all profits help to sustain this podcast and UK independent bookshops.* For information about everything mentioned in this episode visitΒ www.backlisted.fm*If you'd like to support the show, listen without adverts, receive the show early and with extra bonus fortnightly episodes, become a Patreon atΒ www.patreon.com/backlisted Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James
Monday, August 3, 2020 β’ Duration 01:07:29
William James's The Varieties of Religious Experience (1902) is the groundbreaking book featured in this episode of Backlisted. Joining John and Andy to discuss this influential study of philosophy, psychology and faith - and the life and beliefs of its author, whose younger brother was the novelist Henry James - is John Williams, daily books editor and a staff writer at the New York Times.* To purchase any of the books mentioned in this episode please visit our bookshop atΒ uk.bookshop.org/shop/backlistedΒ where all profits help to sustain this podcast and UK independent bookshops.* For information about everything mentioned in this episode visitΒ www.backlisted.fm*If you'd like to support the show, listen without adverts, receive the show early and with extra bonus fortnightly episodes, become a Patreon atΒ www.patreon.com/backlisted Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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How to Cook a Wolf by M.F.K. Fisher
Monday, July 20, 2020 β’ Duration 01:11:28
How to Cook a Wolf (1942) by the inimitable M.F.K. Fisher is the book featured in this episode of Backlisted. Joining John and Andy to heed this call to culinary arms, written at a time of national crisis and thus exceptionally relevant to 2020, are journalist and food writer Felicity Cloake and author and adventurer Dan Richards. Also in this episode John has been delving into the backlist of Booker-winning novelist Bernardine Evaristo with The Emperor's Babe (2001), while Andy enjoys Barry England's existential thriller Figures in a Landscape, shortlisted for the very first Booker Prize in 1969.Timings: (may differ due to variable advert length)9'50 - The Emperor's Babe by Bernardine Evaristo16'01 - Figures in a Landscape by Barry England21'46 How to Cook a Wolf by MFK Fisher* To purchase any of the books mentioned in this episode please visit our bookshop atΒ uk.bookshop.org/shop/backlistedΒ where all profits help to sustain this podcast and UK independent bookshops.* For information about everything mentioned in this episode visitΒ www.backlisted.fm*If you'd like to support the show, listen without adverts, receive the show early and with extra bonus fortnightly episodes, become a Patreon atΒ www.patreon.com/backlisted Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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